Cy sensuit hystoire de yrene des romains et de constatin noble dame et empere · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Cy sensuit hystoire de yrene des romains et de constatin noble dame et empere
Subject: Irene; Constantine VI; Important Women; Famous Women
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Constantinople; Modern-day Turkey; Ancient Rome
Description: This image depicts Irene being crowned the empress of Rome and Constantinople. A man dressed in a green tunic is placing the crown on Irene’s head while another man holds her right arm. Irene was famous for being an incredibly fierce ruler. She is also famous for having competed for the throne multiple times with her son, Constantine.
Image Creator: Master of Boethius (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:25595
Language: frm
Source Name: Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation
Parent Collection: 1410 Paris
Image: mta_25595_OBJ.jpg